The Robots have returned! MAKE Volume 27 features a special package with robotics projects for every age and skill level. They play music; they spy via the internet; they outwit your pets; they learn from their mistakes! In addition, we’ll show you how to build a special aquarium to keep jellyfish, create pre-Edison incandescent lighting, and make a go-anywhere digital message board! All this and much more in MAKE Volume 27.ALSO: Download your free Make: Robots desktop wallpaper!

Brian Dewan may be a jack-of-all-trades, but he’s clearly a master of many. An inventor and builder, this Catskill, N.Y., resident is also a performance artist, cartoonist, and multi-talented musician.